Image: 4 panel Anakin and Padme meme
1st panel: Anakin saying, “We took the ADHD meds so we can focus.”
2nd: Padme happily responding, “I’m excited to catch up on all of these neglected responsibilities.”
3rd: Anakin with a sinister look saying nothing.
4th: Padme with a troubled expression, saying, “We’re going to focus on responsibilities, right?”
Hahaha yeah I tell my psych nurse that it helps me manage the task I’m doing really well - but it does NOT keep me on task.
Boring task I don’t want to do is still boring task I don’t want to do.
I usually describe the effects of the escitalopram I take as not really directly making me “feel better”, but mellowing out the uncontrollable emotional spikes enough that I can actually work on anxiety management skills. So far Vyvanse has worked for me in similar ways, in that I can actually focus on things now, but I’m also about 30 years late at developing proper task management skills.
Well as of now, unmedicated me gets almost nothing at all done ever so it’s a risk I’m willing to take.
It’s worth it.
I want to make a joke but literally the only thing keeping me from getting on meds is actually calling my insurance for an in-network psychiatrist.
I’ve been putting it off for six months… or more accurately I have been putting off basically everything for the last six months and the lack of inertia is killing me.
Fuck, it is like that?
I was once in a hyper rush on some other medication and did random shit I didnt need to do.
I think so. This is my first time being medicated as an adult, and I’ve had the same experience as OP. I have a new ability to focus but still need to learn how to use it like everyone else.
Yay! May depend on the medication. Some also just reduce the stuff around you, so you arent distracted as much
Nope, time to play Animal Crossing obsessively until my medication wears off.
send help
That used to happen to me. Med switch addressed that.
Eh… Part of it is that I’m kinda being in a rut right now. I’ve found that if I manage to catch myself before I fall into my daily “rut” then it works pretty well, but if I don’t, then I’ll be completely useless. Something about games like Animal Crossing and The Sims makes them hyper addictive when I’m on my medication yet borderline unplayable for me when I’m not.
How so? What was the change and how did it affect you?
Tried methylphenidate and it was like redlining an engine while in neutral. Switching to the Adderall family gave me useful energy I could direct. Stimulants are no longer worth the side effects for me, but they worked for several years.
